Sunday and Tuesday Mizuno

Sunday's 666 competition

What a difference a day makes...this was one of the mixed opens that Mark G the men's captain has managed to arrange.

There were 18 teams of three...counting only one score on the first six holes; two scores on the next six and all three to count on the final 6 holes.

There was hardly a breath of wind so conditions were a lot easier than yesterday and there were some great scores.

Hilary and I both played (in different teams); neither of us were in the winnings though Hils was close...and looking at the scores, seems to have carried her team single handed!

Well done Hils!

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Thomas, Gary Cape Cornwall Club	89 pts	Overall Winner
	Stevens, Benjamin Cape Cornwall Club
	Edwards, Gavin Cape Cornwall Club
2	Higgins, George Cape Cornwall Club	86 pts	Overall Runner-Up
	Adams, Alan Cape Cornwall Club
	Stobbs, Tim Cape Cornwall Club
3	Firmager, George Cape Cornwall Club	83 pts	Overall 3rd
	Liddiard, Ashley Cape Cornwall Club
	Franks, Simon Cape Cornwall Club

Mizuno

The day dawned damp and windy - most unpleasant - but several ladies representing Cape in this Pairs Betterball competition.

Unfortunately play was incredibly slow - hoping to get in before the rain proper started was a faint hope that vanished into the mist, rain and strong wind.

However - all that being said - somehow Sam and I managed to play a good game... when one made a mistake the other player scored. We came in drenched, dripping wet and cold but with 46 points... there was a very long wait for the final result - I was certain we'd been beaten by Jon Bird and Rob Lewis ...but ... we pipped them!

Whoop whoop!!!

We won!!! And still can't believe it!

PS...the golf stuff took over 3 days to dry out - draped all over the kitchen... but it was worth it!

Invitation Day

The 19th September was the Funeral of the Queen.

On the Wednesday a few of us went to the County Jubilee Scramble (Californian) which is a fun competition run to raise funds for the County Captain's Charity which this year was the Cornwall Blood Bikes. 

It was a fun day and about £450 was raised which was superb! 

Thursday was another windy day and no-one played in the ladies morning. I did walk a few holes with Tylah who works at the club and who is learning to play golf...she is hitting the ball a long way...watch this space ...

Invitation Day

Saturday 24th September

It was lovely sunny day with a very strong wind and we had 18 ladies playing with a guest - players from Mullion, West Cornwall, Truro, Falmouth, Tehidy and Long Sutton joined us...it was especially lovely that Val F came to play -  fantastic.

Lynne and Bronwen did a superb job manning the desk; collecting money, giving out the cards and selling raffle tickets. 

Lovely Raffle Table

The Raffle raised £147 for isightcornwall! Brilliant!

The first tee time was 10.30 and everyone followed on, unfortunately the tee markers on 12 and 14 were as far back as they could possibly be which was a massive challenge and somewhat disconcerting but there were lots of positive comments about the course. The strong wind made play a real challenge of course...

When we came in we were welcomed with a celebratory glass of wine - provided for us by Leanne and Andy to mark topping Division 1 in the league!

A very much appreciated gesture.

We had a very tasty spread too.

We had to use countback of course ...with 36 points apiece were Ros and Mel B (Falmouth) and Frieda and Wendy P (Mullion) with the latter taking third place possibly in part due to Frieda's 2 on the 14th!!!!!!

In second with were Claire who won nearest the pin on 17! and Veronique  (Truro)  

Angie's partner, Marissa from West Cornwall won the Straightest Drive competition.

In first place with a super 40 points were Fran and Alison G (West Cornwall).

Well played everyone!

There are many thank-yous to give; to Lynne and Bronwen for all their work on the desk; to Di for providing us with the completed cards ready for play; to Pam for the flowers; to the CCC staff for the food and the condition of the course; to Leanne and Andy for the lovely glass of wine; to everyone for the raffle prizes and buying tickets and most importantly for inviting a guest... 

And last, but most definitely not least, to Frieda for all the organisation involved.

Thank you!

Bosullow Bowl

 Bosullow Bowl

Saturday 17th September was the date for Anne's Bosullow Bowl Competition. This trophy is one of the oldest in the club, presented by Anne and Tony for a Mixed Greensome - Anne's favourite format!

Twelve pairs had entered - and we were blessed with an absolutely glorious day.

Perfect conditions for golf!

There were two twos - Chris W and I had one on the third and Jayne and Chris A on the 9th!

And there were some lovely scores.

Claire and Bill and Jean and Geoff both had 40 points but in third place (on countback of course!) were Fran and Brian with 41.

In second, also with 41 were Sue S and Robin; and in first place with 44 points were Chris W and myself.

Thanks to Sue D for lending me her pairs partner for the day!

 

What a lovely day.
We decided that Anne must have had some influence on the weather!

Thank you Annie!

League v Launceston 16th September

 League v Launceston

This was our final match of the season and because of frustrating circumstances (no buggy available for Di) we made a last minute appeal for a seventh player...huge thanks to Ann who stepped in for us.

Our frustration continued when we discovered that they only had 6 players anyway and could have let us know ...they had just hoped a seventh player would turn up!

So one of our players could not play and because of the order on the sheet that became Lindsay!

So frustrating... but at least we had one match already in the bag!

Conditions were excellent... and the course is long... and they put up a fight!

To put this in context, we knew that if we won... we should win the league outright... if we lost we'd be in second... nothing to lose...but a lot to win if we could do it!

We needed four or more matches to win overall!

And we did it!

We won 5 games to 2!!

We are still waiting for the official confirmation but doing all the numbers there should be no doubt that we will top the Division - equal points with Perranporth but more individual matches than them!

We celebrated with some bubbly which Sue treated us to!

Hopefully we'll have official confirmation soon and then we can celebrate properly!

Well played today team - Captain Sue D, Ann, Fi,  Fran,  Jayne, Lindsay and me

but not forgetting Claire, Frieda, Hils, Lyn, Ros and Sam our other team members!!

 

Front 11 Thursday 15th and more away success!

 Front 11

There were 8 lovely ladies who played the front eleven today in lovely weather.

In third place with a lovely 22 points was Lynne Mc; we had to use Countback to split Sue D and myself...  both on 24 points....  sorry Sue!

Away Success!

This lovely bunch won the best visitors prize at Tehidy on Wednedsday! Well done Jayne, Fi and Chris!

Millennium Trophy Final and Friendly v West Cornwall

Millennium Trophy

"If I have to!"

Frieda played in the Millennium Trophy final at Carlyon Bay on Monday against our County Captain Vicky from Perranporth.

"Can I go now?"

She is a hard taskmaster!

Club cleaning!

Conditions were good, hardly any wind and very warm.

It was nip and tuck all the way with the lead exchanging eight times!

The Nasty Ninth after which they're all square.

The key point was on the 13th hole...Frieda had just put her nose in front on the 12th and was one up. 

If you know Carlyon Bay it is their stroke index 1... a long par 5 uphill with a right-sloping fairway.

They both drove off fine...hit decent second shots...and are playing their third. 

Frieda, who is in the middle of the fairway hit a 150 yard shot uphill on to the green past the flag... a perfect shot.

Vicky's ball had run into the rough and her shot didn't make it to the green... Frieda won that hole with a Par (net birdie) and in the process almost broke Vicky's heart! 

But Vicky won the next hole and Frieda was back to just one up. 

Then... instead of playing the 15th hole...we had to play 14A which is a nondescript par 3...this took the place of the par 5 17th which the greenkeepers were working on.  

So instead of a shot on a par 5, Frieda got a shot on this little par 3... they both take four shots... and Frieda wins the hole Frieda is now two up.  Both players were frustrated  by this hole... to not be playing the full course just didn't seem quite right.

However.. onward... and to the proper 15th hole which, after her first wayward drive, Frieda decides to play up the 16th fairway and on to the green that way. 

She plays the hole very well including a sweet chip from the rough over the bunker and is down for 5 nett four... Vicky can't match that and suddenly the match is over!

Hands were shaken and sighs of relief all round as the ladies who had come for the Past Captains Committee meeting had all trekked out to watch the final holes and were waiting behind the next tee!!

It was a hard fought match and Frieda the deserved winner with such great play.

Well played Frieda - Millennium Trophy winner 2022.

Friendly v West Cornwall

There was more good news coming from Cape itself with the Friendly against West Cornwall. 

Lindsay lead the team to a fantastic win - the format was individual stableford adding all the scores together. This seems a far more friendly way to play than the often used betterball matchplay format!

The Cape total was 255 and West Cornwall had 202.

Well played all especially those who stepped in at the last minute - more details to follow.

Lady Captain's Day

 Lady Captain's Day

The 10th September saw 18 lovely ladies come and play in Frieda's Captain's Day.

After the awful weather recently and the sad news of the death of Queen Elizabeth we were relieved that today we were blessed with a day  of still quiet, weather which reflected well our feelings.

We played a fourball betterball with a straightest and drive (on 10) and nearest the pin in two (on 17).

There were some lovely refreshments too at the 12th hole...

There was some lovely golf played including a handful of birdies and lots of pars and Sue S landing her drive on the bridge of the 14th and out-driving everyone!!

Sarah and Ruth birdied 9; Claire the 10th; Lindsay and Lyn the 12 and  Fran the 14.

Prize table with Pam's lovely flowers

After a last minute sourcing of blue rope we had an interesting contest for Nearest the Line! Fran was the early leader with 14'5" from the line...this was almost halved by Sam who was 7'5" from the line but the winner was in the final group...and ended 4'7" from the line...and that was Pam! Well done Pam!

The nearest the pin in two on the 17th was me...just knocking Claire from the winners podium!

It was great to have spotters on the 4th and 12th... thank you John and Norman!

In the competition itself, in third place with 41 points were Lyn and Sue S ...just pipped to second by Sam and me with 42 points!

And our winners, with an awesome 46 points were Sarah and Lindsay! A superb round!

It was lovely to have Judy and Chris L join us after the round then Frieda treated us all to a tasty meal and a lovely gift bag!

Thank you Frieda for an absolutely fabulous day and all your generosity!

And  finally... a picture... thank you John for all your gardening!

8th September

 

A sad day 

- 8th September 2022 - 

Thursday Front 9 and September weather!

 Three Clubs and a Putter!

There were a lovely group of 8 ladies who played the fun competition of 3 clubs and a putter over the front nine and there were some excellent scores returned!

We had a really interesting discussion about which clubs we had chosen and how we had surprised ourselves.

In second place was Lindsay with 18 points and in first place with a fabulous 22 points was Lynne Mc!

A lovely morning had by all!

Saturday 3rd September was supposed to be a Medal competition but pouring rain and high winds meant that we cancelled!

Saturday 27th August

 Saturday Stableford and County Prize

There was a fabulous turnout of ladies for the stableford and County Prize and some excellent scores were recorded.

Despite the sunny looking weather it was tricky with a challenging breeze!

There were a few birdies; Frieda on the fourth; myself on the 5th; Sue D and Sam on the 12th and Di on the 14th!

In fourth place was Di with 35 points; in third with 37 was Sue D and in second with 38 was Fi.

But our winner was our special Captain Frieda with a fabulous 39 points.

Overall Position	Player	Score	Placing	Countback
1	Pring, Frieda	39 pts (21)	Overall Winner
2	Grose, Fiona	38 pts (18)	Overall Runner-Up
3	Dicker, Sue	37 pts (19)	Overall 3rd
4	Hillage, Di	35 pts (30)

Well played everyone!!

On Sunday it was Andy's 60th birthday bash with a fun competition of teams of four with two scores to count!
Conditions were similar to yesterday but the wind strengthened throughout the day making it difficult for the later players.

There were fabulous prizes to be won... among the winners were this rabble...

...a winner in a different way was Liz who seemed to be having a lot of fun with her team...!!!

We celebrated Andy's birthday with a lovely lunch and then the prizes were awarded.The very happy winning team were Norman, Paul, Hils and Dan winning a holiday in Turkey!!

Well played all - and many thanks to Andy and the team for a great day.